Cybersecurity
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The county sheriff’s office has identified a “person of interest” as it investigates the incident, which led to an initial loss of $3.3 million. A payment of $1.2 million has been “recovered and restored.” -
CIO Shawnzia Thomas decodes why "cyber discipline" drives AI, modernization, and trust in Georgia’s 2026 tech agenda, and how cyber resilience is achievable through digital literacy and upskilling.
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Officials from the state Department of Accounting and General Services warned residents that bad actors are “creating deceptive web addresses” to trick them into releasing personal information.
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The state plans to open cyber ranges and security operations centers at state colleges and universities. Students would get hands-on training and a career start, while the operations would provide localities with cyber analysis.
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After more than a decade and a half of service with the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, CISO Erik Avakian announced his forthcoming departure to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.
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Nearly a year after the state passed a law making it illegal to pay cyber criminals to regain access to encrypted systems, not everyone is convinced the ban is going to put a dent in the number of cyber attacks in the state.
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The city's Information Technology Department is collaborating with KnowBe4, an Internet security awareness training platform, to offer Aurora residents a series of free home Internet security lessons.
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Colorado restored its state web portal home page and is working with state and federal partners to investigate the incident. Other sources have named pro-Russian hackers, Killnet, as the perpetrators.
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The city’s website has been displaying a series of unusual posts to its blog page for mail-order brides, exam papers and online gambling in recent weeks. The posts have appeared at least 29 times since Sept. 13.
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Several state webpages were intermittently unavailable yesterday, and colorado.gov remains down. Killnet, a politically motivated, pro-Russia hacking group, has claimed credit for the disruptions.
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Experts in student privacy, with years of experience in the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Education, say that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is long overdue for a regulatory update.
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Other state government services and websites across the United States were reportedly targeted by the cyber attacker as well. The state launched a temporary homepage to replace the downed site.
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CorrectHealth, a company focused on providing health-care services in correctional facilities, was breached in late August. The incident exposed the personal information of an estimated 54,000 inmates.
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Former Howard County CISO John Bruns will serve as the new director of state cybersecurity, and emergency management specialist Netta Squires will take up the post of the director of local cybersecurity.
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The May 26 incident compromised the town’s IT system and affected government email capabilities for several weeks. Officials say the intrusion was made possible by the Log4j vulnerability.
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The Biden-Harris administration's Office of Science and Technology Policy has released new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence with the hope of better protecting citizens' rights.
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Election officials in Berks County began the arduous process of testing a warehouse full of voting machines ahead of the November elections. More than 800 machines will be put through their paces in the week-long test.
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The powerful biometric surveillance tools used to identify suspects are up to 100 times more likely to misidentify Asian and Black people compared with white men, according to a 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology study.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little has announced the appointment of Alberto Gonzalez as the new administrator of the Office of Information Technology Services following the recent departure of Jeff Weak.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reporting that China and Russia are actively amplifying existing election misinformation in an effort to to interfere in the November midterms.
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With the 2022 midterms looming, elections officials around the country are working to keep false claims out of the headlines, push for free and fair elections, and foster constituent trust in the process.
